Things will not always go how we hoped they would or planned for them to go. In fact, maybe most of the time things will go differently than we wished or assumed they would. This is simply part of the path. We cannot control every detail, variable, and circumstance so that all of life conforms…
Joy Does Not Seek Us Out
There is simply no way for us to experience all of the joy that life has to offer without also opening ourselves up to pain. Our hearts cannot be receptive to the good without also being vulnerable to the bad. If we want to protect ourselves from being hurt, from being let down, disappointed, and…
Clearer Purpose
We often do not understand our purpose until it has already been fulfilled. It is more easily understood in hindsight than in forethought. It is difficult to know why we are doing what we are doing while we are in the middle of it. We are too close to our own circumstances to see them…
Shared Struggles
The struggles we go through may someday become someone else’s inspiration. We do not always know why we face the challenges we face. Things are not always clear while we are in the middle of difficult times. If we make it through, however, if we persist and do not give up, we will come out…
Preparing With Action
There are a million ways to distract ourselves from our purpose. We can even distract ourselves with preparation. We can study, research, think, talk, and listen our way out of the action we know deep down that we need to take. It is easy to tell when we are doing this, but that does not…